i was busy in the office early this morning (or rather busy trying fixing my monday blues) when my mobile rang.

it was my heir. he was sobbing.

he said to me “ibu, afiq tak boleh buat exam, i cannot do it”.

ibu – blur sotong kejap. time checked – 9.15am. eh budak ni kan sekolah petang, belom amek exam lagik…aper yang tak boleh buat?

okay okay…..time for ideas, intervention, morale booster. i identified that as exam stress.

i talked to him gently, as gentle as i can be (like i normally will not be...heheh).

“afiq do like what you have always done lah….it’s the same type of paper that you do usually, it’s really not difficult cos all those you have already done before and you always scored high marks for those papers kan.

take it easy yer nak, bacer bismillah, selawat and doa pada allah mintak afiq terang hati”

after i hung up with si anak bujang tu, her highness quickly contacted his royal highness who was on his way to adam road for a rollin' good time breakfast with his bomba gang.

her royal highness – “yang, i seriously think that you have to skip your breakfast with your gang and head home straightaway. your son is having mental stress right now.

i need you by his side, cheer him up, make him relax sikit….maklom, ini kan so called his 1st major exam in school. he’s very jittery right now, i takot nanti time exam petang nanti terus mental block, aduh pening kepala cam tu”.

his royal highness – “oh okay, alright...i balek sekarang.”

note the conversation which took place : her royal highness used definitely more than 10 words
his royal highness? left nothing much to be desired.

on a sweeter note, heir walked to school with his abah in his abah's effort to calm his nerves. hopefully that helped a bit eh.

on a more serious note : i really hope that my son can pull through this one, insyaallah. no worries son, there’s always pri 2, 3, 4 and so on…….

santai nak, santai….